Clyde Lovellette
Lovellette with his mother Myrtle in 1956 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 7, 1929 Petersburg, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 9, 2016 (aged 86) North Manchester, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Garfield (Terre Haute, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Kansas (1949–1952) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1952: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Minneapolis Lakers | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1951–1964 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 34, 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Phillips 66ers | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1962 | St. Louis Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 11,947 (17.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 6,663 (9.5 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 1,165 (1.6 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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Clyde Edward Lovellette (/loʊˈvɛlɛt/ loh-VEL-et; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to achieve the Triple Crown — playing on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and NBA championship squad.